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just before kerry landed, the u.s. turned over control of the prison at bagram air base giving karzai the power, if he chooses, to release dangerous prisoners. kerry's kid glove treatment of karzai is in sharp contrast to his visit to iraq where he confronted maliki for helping iran re-arm the assad regime. israel, jordan, iraq, back to jordan for a secret dinner with pakistan's powerful army chief of staff. and afghanistan. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. >>> staying overseas, a rescue package has kept the banks in cyprus from collapse bug the implications with the european unit rocking the global markets. on wall street all three major indexes ended the day in negative territory. let's go to cnbc's karen cho who is live in london. who are the winners and losers in cyprus with this package? >> those with deposits under 100,000 you'reos are still the winners here. those with over 100,000 are taking the hit. as to what's playing out on the ground, two major banks there still remain shut and are likely to be
just before kerry landed, the u.s. turned over control of the prison at bagram air base giving karzai the power, if he chooses, to release dangerous prisoners. kerry's kid glove treatment of karzai is in sharp contrast to his visit to iraq where he confronted maliki for helping iran re-arm the assad regime. israel, jordan, iraq, back to jordan for a secret dinner with pakistan's powerful army chief of staff. and afghanistan. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. >>>...
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kerry said he was confident that they would have consultations. and that they would not be release of these kinds of prisoners, karzai made it clear that this is matter of afghan sovereignty. he said the u.s. is going to share intelligence, that the military had worked out sharing of information, and that they would be consulting, but obviously there's no american veto any more over whether or not these high-value prisoners, suspected taliban figures will be released. there's a lot of talk about the taliban. mutual agreement that it is a good step for karzai to go to doha, qatar and help with the opening of a taliban office for the beginning of peace talks. he said there are already talks going on with the taliban. they have many contacts. and kerry said my message to the taliban is -- that the u.s., the president of the united states has made a commitment to afghanistan to stay engaged after 2014. and you the taliban can either be inside, working, renouncing violence and working to renew afghanistan or outside. chris? >> andrea, i just want to fo
kerry said he was confident that they would have consultations. and that they would not be release of these kinds of prisoners, karzai made it clear that this is matter of afghan sovereignty. he said the u.s. is going to share intelligence, that the military had worked out sharing of information, and that they would be consulting, but obviously there's no american veto any more over whether or not these high-value prisoners, suspected taliban figures will be released. there's a lot of talk...
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but that aside, will meet with secretary kerry. the two men know each other, and this looks like a likelihood they will have that joint press conference, and some positive news as well. chris? >> mike, thanks. we'll be looking out for it. >>> fighting has escalated inside the capital of syria, where rebels have fired multiple rockets into downtown damascus. some of them exploding less than a mile from president assad's home. meanwhile, more calls from congress about america stepping up to the opposition. here's intelligence committee chairman mike rogers of michigan. >> we create a safe zone in the north, meaning -- think of this. the assad regime has used approximately 100 scud missiles so far on civilians. that in and of itself should prompt action. so we can do this in a way that doesn't lure the united states into a big boots on the ground conflict but use our small group special capabilities to make sure that scud missiles don't reach their target. >> nbc's ayman mohyeldin is live for us from cairo. aman, a lot going on, the b
but that aside, will meet with secretary kerry. the two men know each other, and this looks like a likelihood they will have that joint press conference, and some positive news as well. chris? >> mike, thanks. we'll be looking out for it. >>> fighting has escalated inside the capital of syria, where rebels have fired multiple rockets into downtown damascus. some of them exploding less than a mile from president assad's home. meanwhile, more calls from congress about america...
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we should say that karzai had a good week leading up to sec their kerry's visit. on sovereignty for his country. he'd finally gotten an agreement for a withdrawal of u.s. and coalition special forces from the troubled province west of the city of kabul where there's been allegations that suggested there were abuses imposed by special forces. he'd been asking for that for weeks and finally got even on the morning that kerry arrived, full control of a u.s.-run prison at bagram air base in the 4,000 detainees, something he'd been demanding for months. kerry saying we're on the same page joint news conference last night that he had the assurance from the karzai government that the u.s. would have a say, not the final say but a say on whether or not any high risk or potentially dangerous prisoners would be either released as part of an exchange or in other ways allowed to go free. not necessarily been a good week, but then you have to look at the real situation on the ground either in the presidential palace or at the u.s. embassy. you talked about that suicide bombing
we should say that karzai had a good week leading up to sec their kerry's visit. on sovereignty for his country. he'd finally gotten an agreement for a withdrawal of u.s. and coalition special forces from the troubled province west of the city of kabul where there's been allegations that suggested there were abuses imposed by special forces. he'd been asking for that for weeks and finally got even on the morning that kerry arrived, full control of a u.s.-run prison at bagram air base in the...
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. >>> coming up, secretary of state john kerry makes an unannounced stop in kabul. sources say he is there to mend fences with afghan's -- afghanistan's president karzai. we'll get a live report from kabul. >>> plus, actor kelsey grammar is again talking about running for office. what is he saying about his multiple marriages? and his drug abuse? just one of those things we thought you should know. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. at a hertz expressrent kiosk, you can rent a car without a reservation... and without a line. now that's a fast car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz.
. >>> coming up, secretary of state john kerry makes an unannounced stop in kabul. sources say he is there to mend fences with afghan's -- afghanistan's president karzai. we'll get a live report from kabul. >>> plus, actor kelsey grammar is again talking about running for office. what is he saying about his multiple marriages? and his drug abuse? just one of those things we thought you should know. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for...
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and secretary kerry isn't the only one using his head these days. >> landon, what do we got here? >> we have a ball for you then we've got a -- then we've got a jersey for you. >> hope you guys caught that. that doesn't happen very often. conservative. very logical thinker. (laughs) i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. (screams) i'm really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they're looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours. that paints landscapes and doberman pinschers, well he eats the liquid gold of velveeta shells and cheese. there is no limit to the human imagination. multidimensionality. liquid gold. eat like that guy you know. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ >>> so how can a tiny nation like cyprus threaten the economic future of the entire world? that's one of the big questions that confront policymakers as
and secretary kerry isn't the only one using his head these days. >> landon, what do we got here? >> we have a ball for you then we've got a -- then we've got a jersey for you. >> hope you guys caught that. that doesn't happen very often. conservative. very logical thinker. (laughs) i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. (screams) i'm really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers...
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kerry's kid glove treatment of karzai is in sharp contrast to kerry's visit to iraq where he confronted prime minister maliki for helping iran rearm the assad regime in syria. kerry has been on a diplomatic marathon. israel, jordan, iraq, back to jordan for a secret dinner with pakistan's powerful army chief of staff. >> we'll talk about hamid karzai in that minute. but what's the significance of that transfer to the afghan government? >> it's significant and for a couple different reasons. one is that it shows the acceleration of the redeployment of troops is going to happen quickly because a lot of troops were actually there to maintain a lot of the prison facilities, the bases at bagram, the most built out facilities that we have inside of afghanistan. it shows a level of seriousness about how fast this redeployment is going to happen. it really tries to establish a sense of nationalistic identity within afghanistan. because part of the challenge of president karzai ever since he's been the president there is that he's been not much more than the mayor of kabul. his fear and influenc
kerry's kid glove treatment of karzai is in sharp contrast to kerry's visit to iraq where he confronted prime minister maliki for helping iran rearm the assad regime in syria. kerry has been on a diplomatic marathon. israel, jordan, iraq, back to jordan for a secret dinner with pakistan's powerful army chief of staff. >> we'll talk about hamid karzai in that minute. but what's the significance of that transfer to the afghan government? >> it's significant and for a couple different...
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. >> watching that testimony when you see hillary clinton and john kerry, i didn't think cowardice, i thought cutharths. here's a republican president, this is a time of national security failure, this is a feeling that the democrats have never been quote/unquote strong on foreign policy and national security. here is a chance to be bipartisan, to say, we're going to be tough. we're going to -- >> no, no, look, i'm not saying i agree. >> finish your point. >> i think for leading democrats, and that's who we're talking about, tom daschle, john kerry, whatever their reasoning, it felt good for them to say we're going to get him the power. >> everybody who was considering running for president voted for that war. and that was the operative -- the guy who made the biggest difference at the time in the house was dick again hard, who was planning his campaign for the presidency. he went to the rose garden with bush to say, i'm voting for this war. and that turned it to the house. >> he undercut joe biden in the senate who was trying to create a more restrictive resolution. >> positioning hi
. >> watching that testimony when you see hillary clinton and john kerry, i didn't think cowardice, i thought cutharths. here's a republican president, this is a time of national security failure, this is a feeling that the democrats have never been quote/unquote strong on foreign policy and national security. here is a chance to be bipartisan, to say, we're going to be tough. we're going to -- >> no, no, look, i'm not saying i agree. >> finish your point. >> i think for...
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secretary kerry engaged on getting the peace talks resumed. the experts say the president needs to remain engaged if he wants to see that really happen. the people are going to watch the president closely to see what he does in the coming weeks to see if he can make progress on that point. >> kristen, what struck me about the tactic the president took on this trip was also to shore up -- we can't underscore the significance of this apology to turkey. we need both turkey and israel in the escalating -- they're both important allies in this escalating violence in syria. struck me part of what he was trying to do is, yes, talk about the peace talks but pivot to, let's focus on an area where we have agreement, clear shared goals and shared needs as a way to sort of smooth over the relationship. >> reporter: i think there's no doubt that the administration thinks that was certainly a diplomatic achievement the president engaged in some arm twisting there, got prime minister netanyahu to call the prime minister of turkey to apologize for that 2010 r
secretary kerry engaged on getting the peace talks resumed. the experts say the president needs to remain engaged if he wants to see that really happen. the people are going to watch the president closely to see what he does in the coming weeks to see if he can make progress on that point. >> kristen, what struck me about the tactic the president took on this trip was also to shore up -- we can't underscore the significance of this apology to turkey. we need both turkey and israel in the...
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secretary kerry already made a surprise visit to iraq over the weekend. there he urged the prime minister to stop arms shipments from going from iran through to syria. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the deliciousness you desire. the brownie of your dreams is now deliciously r
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of course, secretary of state kerry is really taking the lead on that. to what extent will president obama engage in that and get involved? that's what experts around the region will be watching. overall, they believe it's a success. alex? >> something else that could be deemed successful, the first budget in four years after the all nighter friday into saturday, what's the reaction there at the white house? >> final votes came in at 5:00 a.m. the white house thinks it's a good thing, that bill that passed through the senate really echos what president obama would like to see in terms of deficit reduction but the problem, of course, is when you match up is the senate bill with the house bill. the senate bill calls for deficit reduction through increasing taxes and spending cuts and, of course, the house bill calls for steep cuts in balancing the budget within ten years. of course, some revisions to medicare as well. a lot of differences and we have another deadline coming up. the debt ceiling will have to be revisited this summer, alex. >> looking forwar
of course, secretary of state kerry is really taking the lead on that. to what extent will president obama engage in that and get involved? that's what experts around the region will be watching. overall, they believe it's a success. alex? >> something else that could be deemed successful, the first budget in four years after the all nighter friday into saturday, what's the reaction there at the white house? >> final votes came in at 5:00 a.m. the white house thinks it's a good...
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it was not unexpected, said kerry. not surprising, but he said he felt sad about it, because he felt personally connected to him. he liked him a lot. this is the man with whom kerry met only a few weeks ago in rome arguing that he should accept non-lethal aid, training of some of the selected rebel forces, but not expect weapons from the united states. now, britain and france already moving in another direction, arguing that the european arms embargo and helping have outlived its usefulness and they all should be doing a lot more military muscle to help the opposition at this critical time. the u.s., the obama administration, very reluctant to get in involved. we just had gotten out of iraq, are still in afghanistan and the american people are drained. there is growing pressure on both left and right, particularly from both carl levin, and john mccain, the leading armed services republican last week, writing to the president saying, we've got to do more. we've got to stop assad from hitting his own people from the air.
it was not unexpected, said kerry. not surprising, but he said he felt sad about it, because he felt personally connected to him. he liked him a lot. this is the man with whom kerry met only a few weeks ago in rome arguing that he should accept non-lethal aid, training of some of the selected rebel forces, but not expect weapons from the united states. now, britain and france already moving in another direction, arguing that the european arms embargo and helping have outlived its usefulness and...
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also today, the secretary of state, john kerry, is on a surprise trip to afghanistan. he landed just hours after the u.s. handed over its prison, its main prison in that country, to the afghan government. that may not sound like the biggest deal in the world, but that prison was one of the most important sticking points to how and when we would finally end our war there and extricate ourselves from that country, so that is a really important political development. also in the face of continuing, withering, bipartisan criticism of the performance of the veteran's administration, particularly toward iraq and afghanistan veterans, we learned today that the chief of staff of that agency is leaving. announcing today that he will retire. >>> we've also got new details ahead this hour in the murder of the prison's chiefs in colorado. also, the nation of cyprus has accepted its bailout, alleviating immediate fears of another european financial meltdown, but presumably, we'll just start fearing another one some time soon. public for the first time on the ten-year anniversary of
also today, the secretary of state, john kerry, is on a surprise trip to afghanistan. he landed just hours after the u.s. handed over its prison, its main prison in that country, to the afghan government. that may not sound like the biggest deal in the world, but that prison was one of the most important sticking points to how and when we would finally end our war there and extricate ourselves from that country, so that is a really important political development. also in the face of...
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. >>> secretary of state john kerry is not mincing words when it comes to the ongoing civil war in syria. the secretary made some of his harshest comments to date on sunday during an unannounced trip to meet with iraqi leaders in baghdad. he told iraq's prime minister the country must take steps to stop iran from using iraqi airspace as a means to ship weapons to syria. however, after talks described as spirited, no breakthrough was achieved. >> anything that supports president assad is problematic and i made it very clear to the prime minister that the overflights from iran are in fact hipping to sustain president assad. >> talks also focused on iraq's transition to democracy as it prepares for upcoming elections at a time when violence is on the rise. >> all right, here's your first look at your dish of scrambled politics. they're warming to the idea of same-sex marriage but many oppose marriage equality. karl rove signaled there could be a major shift in his party's outlook. >> karl rove, could you imagine a republican candidate saying i'm for gay marriage? >> i could. >> the supreme
. >>> secretary of state john kerry is not mincing words when it comes to the ongoing civil war in syria. the secretary made some of his harshest comments to date on sunday during an unannounced trip to meet with iraqi leaders in baghdad. he told iraq's prime minister the country must take steps to stop iran from using iraqi airspace as a means to ship weapons to syria. however, after talks described as spirited, no breakthrough was achieved. >> anything that supports president...
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eat like that guy you know. . >>> this afternoon, john kerry is in afghanistan for the first time as secretary of state. it comes after a surprise trip to iraq this week which included a meeting with prime minister noory in al maliki. they gather to celebrate the battle of nasiriyah. during the fight, 11 u.s. soldiers were killed and six were captured. ultimately, colonel bat operations in iraq lasted over eight years. about three years longer than world war ii. but unlike world war ii, the iraq war carries a tarnished legacy. we rush to war fueled by the fear of wmds and links to al qaeda. neither of which proved true. the new msnbc documentary hubris reports on how that case got so muddled. >> the 90-page classified nie asserts that saddam is actively pursuing his wmd program. it cites the debatable intelligence on aluminum tubes, the yellow cake uranium purchase and mobile weapons labs. deep inside that thick document are strongly worded dissents that argue, the evidence is weak, even wrong. >> the nie is sent over to congress. it is kept in a classified vault. as far as we can te
eat like that guy you know. . >>> this afternoon, john kerry is in afghanistan for the first time as secretary of state. it comes after a surprise trip to iraq this week which included a meeting with prime minister noory in al maliki. they gather to celebrate the battle of nasiriyah. during the fight, 11 u.s. soldiers were killed and six were captured. ultimately, colonel bat operations in iraq lasted over eight years. about three years longer than world war ii. but unlike world war...
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some apologized later like john kerry. some brave people came out against it as you showed. barbara boxer, dick durbin, paul wellstone, but there is a tendency among democrats that really worries me. it's to act as though maybe their patriotism is possibly going to be called into question and they're always appeasing these bullies who question their very americanness and we saw that over and over at 9/11 and particularly in the run-up to war. it was a little bit frightening to be against the war as i was. we weren't really singled out and ridiculed, but we were right. they will go down in history as having done the wrong thing. it requires a lot of vigilance to make sure nothing like that happens again. >> given what the congresswoman said earlier, are we still at risk despite their bold and creative witness of a march to war of this magnitude or is there more accountability today? >> we would hope so. joan is absolutely right. there's bipartisan culpability that dates back to the clinton administration. just look at the scorecard and this is where the american people have t
some apologized later like john kerry. some brave people came out against it as you showed. barbara boxer, dick durbin, paul wellstone, but there is a tendency among democrats that really worries me. it's to act as though maybe their patriotism is possibly going to be called into question and they're always appeasing these bullies who question their very americanness and we saw that over and over at 9/11 and particularly in the run-up to war. it was a little bit frightening to be against the...
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make sure you follow andrea's travels with secretary kerry. tamron hall has a look at what's next on "news nation." >>> breaking news, we'll play the audio now and from the supreme court's nearly 90-minute arguments over california's ban on same sex marriage. pete williams is live outside the supreme court. plus the latest on what the white house is saying today. and we're following another developing story. a new jersey dad, father of five, expected to make a big announcement in about five minutes. he is claiming that winning lottery ticket. the largest lottery jackpot in history. plus, bill clinton jumped into the player's race in los angeles. but why? we're going to get the first read with nbc news political editor mark murray. it's all coming up next on "news nation." we're here with laura, talking about the walmart low price guarantee, backed by ad match. there's your price, walmart will match that right at the register. nice! i did not know they did that. wow! that's the walmart low price guarantee backed by ad match! save time and money
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they used it effectively in 2004 against john kerry, and they can no longer use that issue, people like dick cheney, rob portman coming out for it. and even though she's a democrat, claire mccaskill coming out in favor of marriage equality. the american public is ahead of the politicians. once again, it is a question not just about the issue but the substance, the process of the way we make government in our country. the people are farther ahead than their leaders and the leaders aren't following suit with action. >> before the supreme court tomorrow. ken, keith, susan, thank you for joining us this morning. >>> justice correspondent pete williams joins us live from washington with the latest on this week's pivotal supreme court cases coming up in a few minutes. stick around for that. >>> and speaking of millions and billions of dollars, a lucky person in new jersey won the $338 million powerball jackpot. none of the four at this table. >>> and immigration reform has a new friend, facebook's mark zuckerberg. how he plans to help enact new legislation. ♪ you know my hearts for you... â
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steve elmendorf, a strategist who worked for dick gephardt, john kerry and hillary clinton. none of them actually won in the end. i'm just kidding. you're a very well respected consultant here and leader. let me ask you this. how do you think these issues, democrats are going to use these issues? can they bash a republican for being against same-sex? >> yeah. if you look at the numbers, chris, it's not just young people at 81%. it's young evangelicals are for gay marriage. catholics are for gay marriage. >> conservatives. >> young conservatives are for gay marriage. it's just moving and in the right districts, in a lot of places, it's going to be a big problem. >> how's your party react to that at the convention? do you fudge the issue? i can't see a candidate saying, and we're not going to have any of this damn same-sex marriage either. you're not going to address it, are you? >> that would make your day if they did. no. you're not going to have that. i was amused by karl rove's musing on the weekend that he could see the 2016 republican nominee, you know, expressing openly
steve elmendorf, a strategist who worked for dick gephardt, john kerry and hillary clinton. none of them actually won in the end. i'm just kidding. you're a very well respected consultant here and leader. let me ask you this. how do you think these issues, democrats are going to use these issues? can they bash a republican for being against same-sex? >> yeah. if you look at the numbers, chris, it's not just young people at 81%. it's young evangelicals are for gay marriage. catholics are...
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secretary kerry now doing the visit. the president hasn't been to afghanistan in a year now and other things taking his attention in the region whether iran and rising tensions with syria and economic challenges in jordan, et cetera. they are watching this stuff happen around them and hearing about a rapid redeployment schedule of forces taking place in afghanistan. the people have taken notice of the amount of activity in a straight line you're talking about are the afghan government who are are now trying to figure out what does this country and government look like? not just five years from now. we are talking six months from now, a year from now. >> you spent a considerable portion of your young life in baghdad at the inception of the war. baghdad today, in your mind, from people you've spoken to about baghdad today, give me a measurement of baghdad today. >> look. it's a lot better than when i left there. keep in mind the period between 2004 to 2006 was really on the cusp of civil war. the blood letting was almost u
secretary kerry now doing the visit. the president hasn't been to afghanistan in a year now and other things taking his attention in the region whether iran and rising tensions with syria and economic challenges in jordan, et cetera. they are watching this stuff happen around them and hearing about a rapid redeployment schedule of forces taking place in afghanistan. the people have taken notice of the amount of activity in a straight line you're talking about are the afghan government who are...
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. >>> and secretary of state john kerry showing off soccer skills with the captain of the afghan women's national soccer team. nothing like a header for a little diplomatic relations. >>> and if you read only one thing this morning, my must read is about a california controversy. a county administrator with a sweet salary. more than $400,000 a year for life. read the details, let me know what you think. should government compete with private jobs by offering big financial packages? it's up on our facebook page at facebook/jansingco. did you know more coffee drinkers prefer the taste of gevalia house blend over the taste of starbucks house blend? not that we like tooting our own horn but... ♪ toot toot. [ male announcer ] find gevalia in the coffee aisle or at gevalia.com arrival. with hertz gold plus rewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperwork. zap. it's our fastest and easiest way to get you into your car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. i've always kept my eye on her... but with so much health care noise, i didn't always watch out for
. >>> and secretary of state john kerry showing off soccer skills with the captain of the afghan women's national soccer team. nothing like a header for a little diplomatic relations. >>> and if you read only one thing this morning, my must read is about a california controversy. a county administrator with a sweet salary. more than $400,000 a year for life. read the details, let me know what you think. should government compete with private jobs by offering big financial...
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what's happening, secretary of state john kerry made a surprise visit to iraq with a message from the prime minister. he made it clear iraq should stop allowing iran to use its airspace to shift weapons to the assad regime in seyriasyria. >>> pope francis had a sunday mass today for holy week. 250,000 people gathered to be humble and joyful. >>> back to "caught on camera." >>> tensions explode on the streets of london. years of frustration boil over and lead to the worst rioting in a generation. tottenham, england. august 6th, 2011. >> we want justice! >> when do we want it? now. >> a crowd gathers outside a police station demanding answers about the shooting death of a man named mark duggan. >> the beginning of all this is the shooting of a young man in north london. his shooting by the police. protests as a result of that shooting. the protests then turning into something more violent. >> independent video journalist jason parkinson hears about the protest and races to the scene. >> i'd already spotted on twitter there was a lot of news feed coming out saying there's been a protest
what's happening, secretary of state john kerry made a surprise visit to iraq with a message from the prime minister. he made it clear iraq should stop allowing iran to use its airspace to shift weapons to the assad regime in seyriasyria. >>> pope francis had a sunday mass today for holy week. 250,000 people gathered to be humble and joyful. >>> back to "caught on camera." >>> tensions explode on the streets of london. years of frustration boil over and lead...
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israelis and palestinians from just sitting and talking about peace, i think the president and secretary kerry have created an opening to do just that. and of course, i hope they succeed. >> of course you do, as don't we all. thank you very much, former senator, joseph lieberman. >>> we have a programming note for you, in case you missed it the first time around you can all watch "hubris" airing again tonight at 9:00, it's been msnbc's most-watched documentary ever. following the film, more facts will be revealed on "talking hubris" at 10:00 p.m. eastern. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. and you'll dump your old duster. but don't worry, he'll find someone else. ♪ who's
israelis and palestinians from just sitting and talking about peace, i think the president and secretary kerry have created an opening to do just that. and of course, i hope they succeed. >> of course you do, as don't we all. thank you very much, former senator, joseph lieberman. >>> we have a programming note for you, in case you missed it the first time around you can all watch "hubris" airing again tonight at 9:00, it's been msnbc's most-watched documentary ever....
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. >> can i say having done this with howard dean after john kerry lost, it is not, a, it is not just again, you have to understand the obvious about where your flaws are, but you also have to go to the whole party, say we have to figure out how to be a true party, what are our values and policies, how are we dealing with candidates that may not agree with us on certain policy issues knowing here is where the electorate is. that's not what's happening. this is more let's do brutally honest, obvious to the rest of us, also let's say sh, we are not talking about those things. we have seen the polling, gets us in trouble, put lipstick on this, put a bow on that, and say we're a brand new party. that's not how it works. you can put all the organizers in iowa you want for four years. if you're not able to communicate through values and policies people agree with, it doesn't matter. >> michael steele, saw him on this network today saying that what you're watching is certain republicans are going out there and trying new ideas out there in the marketplace of ideas, and this is the way it sho
. >> can i say having done this with howard dean after john kerry lost, it is not, a, it is not just again, you have to understand the obvious about where your flaws are, but you also have to go to the whole party, say we have to figure out how to be a true party, what are our values and policies, how are we dealing with candidates that may not agree with us on certain policy issues knowing here is where the electorate is. that's not what's happening. this is more let's do brutally...
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bush won in 2000, kerry narrowed the margin in 2004. i spent a lot of time there when i was on the presidential campaign in 2004. we saw changes in the rocky mountain west. governor dean intentionally put the convention in denver. we looked at the changing and said there's an opportunity there, because the conservatives in the rocky mountain west are different than the southern conservatives, there are places where we can have common cause and shared values. it also means that as a party we had to show up and make an argument and do the work and actually i think david knows this, a lot of the groups, the grassroots, have been doing the work. there are a lot of things that have to come together for that kind of change to happen. >> let's talk about that. the democrats control the state house and the governorship, david, but if you look at the breakdown, 1.24 million colorado residents are unaffiliated. and then basically it's even, 1.12 million republicans, 1.11 democrats. but you quote the "denver post" publisher dean singleton. he says
bush won in 2000, kerry narrowed the margin in 2004. i spent a lot of time there when i was on the presidential campaign in 2004. we saw changes in the rocky mountain west. governor dean intentionally put the convention in denver. we looked at the changing and said there's an opportunity there, because the conservatives in the rocky mountain west are different than the southern conservatives, there are places where we can have common cause and shared values. it also means that as a party we had...
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the short term is about iran and syria, but we have to make some progress, and kerry stayed behind trying to get that going. >> more from you two as we move on to other topics later on in the program. thank you both. >>> we now want to turn to the debate over gun safety. mayor michael bloomberg of new york has announced a big push to put pressure on lawmakers who will vote on new gun control measures in congress. i discuss that and some other topics including the middle east when i sat down with him this weekend in new york. >> mr. mayor, welcome back to the program. >> thank you for having me. >> always good to have you. big week in the gun debate. i'll get to that in just a minute. let me start with the president's significant trip to the middle east. he's returned. do you think he's erased any doubts about whether he's a stalwart supporter of israel? >> no, i think he certainly said that he was and i think people believe that. i think that this is going to go down in history as one of the few trips that an american president has made to israel where there really were deliverables. he g
the short term is about iran and syria, but we have to make some progress, and kerry stayed behind trying to get that going. >> more from you two as we move on to other topics later on in the program. thank you both. >>> we now want to turn to the debate over gun safety. mayor michael bloomberg of new york has announced a big push to put pressure on lawmakers who will vote on new gun control measures in congress. i discuss that and some other topics including the middle east when...
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s favor and winning him the presidential election with john kerrie and it was a huge issue in 2004 and it was against gay marriage and civil unions. the cleveland playing dealer was all over kasich's comment reporting that ohio governor john kasich saying he supports civil unions for same-sex couples and went on to quote the spokesperson, this is a staple from the spokesperson, the governor's position is unchanged. he opposes gay marriage and opposes changing ohio's constitution to allow for civil unions. well, so much for that. and he's far from the first republican to feel the heat from the fringe. joining me right now is msnbc contributor ron reagan and errol lewis. first, i'll comment on that one. kasich is a fine guy, a bit of a maverick and he's had a tough life in many ways and he says what comes to mind and he's thinking out loud and he says you know what? i'm not ready to go all of the way on my position, but civil union, i can live with that and civil you know knows and he said it again and within hours his flack comes out with a written statement to make sure it's getting pi
s favor and winning him the presidential election with john kerrie and it was a huge issue in 2004 and it was against gay marriage and civil unions. the cleveland playing dealer was all over kasich's comment reporting that ohio governor john kasich saying he supports civil unions for same-sex couples and went on to quote the spokesperson, this is a staple from the spokesperson, the governor's position is unchanged. he opposes gay marriage and opposes changing ohio's constitution to allow for...
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secretary of state, john kerry, arrived in baghdad this morning on a surprise visit to iraq. his first since becoming secretary of state and pope plan sis at a palm sunday mass this morning. first of a week of ceremonies leading to easter. right now i want to talk about one of the most hotly debated police tactics in the country which was put on trial this week and n the federal court in manhattan. class action lawsuit against the northbound police department oar its controversial policy of stopping, questioning and frisking people on the street, a tactic known as stop and frisk it began on monday and unfolded in dramatic fashion with whistle blower police officers testifying against the nypd and stop and frisk breaking down on the stand. thursday, one of the trial's most explosive moments the court heard a recording of a conversation between a patrolman and commanding officer of the stop and frisk policy. in which the commanding officer seemed to suggest skin color can be a deciding forecast tore in who is stopped. conversation was recorded by the parole officer in the south
secretary of state, john kerry, arrived in baghdad this morning on a surprise visit to iraq. his first since becoming secretary of state and pope plan sis at a palm sunday mass this morning. first of a week of ceremonies leading to easter. right now i want to talk about one of the most hotly debated police tactics in the country which was put on trial this week and n the federal court in manhattan. class action lawsuit against the northbound police department oar its controversial policy of...
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this isn't just an israel trip but something he could do would be very significant is to empower john kerry, very overwhelmingly secretary of state to work on the peace process now. i still think this is the closing window. >> all right. >> there you go. >> i think dianne feinstein will get a vote on the amendment and i want to see the number of votes. you never what is going to happen in the gun debates. i remember in '98, we republicans were back on our heels and thought we would get absolute slaughtered. boom. we carried the day and won huge and the democrats went into retreat for a decade. i'd be surprised, put some of these restrictions and regulations on the floor. i'd be surprised to republicans. if you want to say background checks to keep the guns in the hands of felons, put that on the record. >> harry reid's reality, i don't know why we are so shocked about this outcome. he telegraphed this a month ago this is where this is going. >> he trying to protect his 12 senate democrats in the cross-hairs. >> good luck to them. if they vote against universal background checks and if they
this isn't just an israel trip but something he could do would be very significant is to empower john kerry, very overwhelmingly secretary of state to work on the peace process now. i still think this is the closing window. >> all right. >> there you go. >> i think dianne feinstein will get a vote on the amendment and i want to see the number of votes. you never what is going to happen in the gun debates. i remember in '98, we republicans were back on our heels and thought we...